"Fire salamander" drawing contest
The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Group of MME announces again a drawing contest about the Amphibian of the Year 2019 with the title "The exotique amphibian of our shady forest, the Fire... DETAILS
Amphibian of the Year 2019: the Fire Salamander
We chose the Fire salamander, this exotic-looking inhabitant of our humid forests, as Amphibian of the Year 2019. We revealed more details about the background of this selection and our plans of the... DETAILS
News archive
Reptile of the Year 2018: the Common lizard
Amphibian and Reptile Group of MME selected Common lizard as Reptile of the Year 2018. You may read... DETAILS
Best photo records of 2017
We awarded our most active users on our end of the year meeting. We selected 50 best photos,... DETAILS
We published our android App!
We finally published our App for Android smart phones: "Herpterkep". We do hope it will increase... DETAILS
Amphibian of the year 2017: the Marsh frog!
Amphibian and Reptile Consevation Group of MME announced the Amphibian of the Year 2017: the Marsh... DETAILS
Best pictures of 2016
We awarded our most active users again on our end of the year meeting. We selected the best 50... DETAILS
Reptile of the Year in 2016: the Dice Snake
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Group of MME announced the Reptile of the Year 2016: the dice... DETAILS
Best herp pictures of 2015
Gyula Ludányi was awarded as the best picture of 2015 for his portrait of a male green... DETAILS
Annual meeting of ARCG
This year Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Group of MME held its annual meeting in the... DETAILS
Results of the crested newts drawing contest
We announced the results of our drawing contest about crested newts. There were 4 categories... DETAILS
Herp-picture of the Year in 2014
The portrait of a Tree frog by Patrik Katona was awarded the "Herp-picture of the Year"... DETAILS
We had our annual meeting
We held our annual meeting on 14th December at the Hungarian Natural History Museum. You may read... DETAILS
Amphibian of the Year 2015: Danube crested newt
The Danube crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus) was selected by the Amhpibian and Reptile... DETAILS
Young turtles leaving their nests due to warm weather
It seems that warm weather in November brought some juvenile European pond turtles to the surface,... DETAILS
Winners of the drawing contest
Our drawing contest "Reptile of the Year: the European pond turtle” is officially closed. We... DETAILS
Reptile of the Year 2014: European Pond Turtle
The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Group of MME Birdlife Hungary has selected the Reptile of... DETAILS
Annual meeting of our observers - 2013
Our Amphibian and Reptile Mapping Program continued to be successful in 2013, as our... DETAILS
We selected the best photos again
The best photo award was given to Marietta Tóth in 2013 for her picture on two figthing male... DETAILS
We hold our annual meeting in Budapest Zoo
Like last year, we held our annual meeting in Budapest Zoo, where we awarded our observers in... DETAILS
Calendar was made out of nicest photos of 2012!
As we received many nice pictures in 2012, we made a selection out of them and prepared a calendar... DETAILS
Best observation photos
We selected the nicest or most interesting photos uploaded with the observations. You can see the... DETAILS
Awarded mapping volunteers
We received observations from 178 volunteers. Some only reported one observation (27%), while 46%... DETAILS
Results of the first year of mapping
As the end of the field-season is approaching we summarised results of the first year of operation.... DETAILS
Upload a photo to your observation!!!
So far only 10% of the shared observations on National Amphibian and Reptile Mapping Program... DETAILS
Green true frog (Pelophylax sp.) data
Based on their morphological characters it is fairly difficult to make a distinction between the... DETAILS
A new website is started for Mapping Amphibians and Reptiles
We started our online amphibian and reptile mapping database. Anyone can share and upload... DETAILS
Amphibians are ready to emerge from hibernation
Mild weather of the end of January brought some fire salamanders to the surface. From several... DETAILS
Small pond survey in Pilis
On 16th April we visited small ponds in Pilis in order to survey their herpetofauna. We are looking... DETAILS
Mapping the herpetofauna of Budapest
As a integrated part of national survey we started the Mapping of Budapest's herpetofauna. We are... DETAILS
Website of ARCG MME is renewed
The website of Amphibian and Reptile Cosnervation Group of MME BirdLife Hungary is completely... DETAILS
